基本説明
New in softcover. Hardcover was published in 2005. Topics: The role of resilience in overcoming trauma, adversity, and abuse; The relationship between resilience and other protective factors; Resilience difference between boys and girls; and more.
Full Description
This handbook gathers into one volume the current scientific theory, clinical guidelines, and real-world interventions that can help children overcome the everyday obstacles they face. It includes a wide range of perspectives addressing the role of resilience in helping children overcome these obstacles. The book provides guidance on how to measure and evaluate resilience in clinical practice, and it emphasizes the importance of resilience - positive psychology - rather than pathologies. In addition, the book features contributions from leading experts from a variety of fields, such as psychology, education, and social work.
Contents
Why Study Resilience?- Resilience Processes in Development.- Understanding the Concept of Resilience.- Resilience in Gene-Environment Transactions.- Sustaining and Reframing Vulnerability and Connection.- Relational Resilience in Girls.- What Can we Learn about Resilience from Large-Scale Longitudinal Studies.- Measuring Resilience in Children.- Poverty in Childhood and Adolscence.- Family Violence and Parent Psycholpathology.- Families as Contexts for Children's Adaptation.- Resiliency in Maltreated Children.- Resilience and the Disruptive Disorders of Childhood.- From Helplessness to Optimism.- Resilience and the Child with Learning Disabilities.- Resilience and Self-Control Impairment.- Positive Adaptation, Resilience, and the Development Asset Framework.- The Power of Parenting.- Building Educational Oppurtunity.- Building Resilience in All Children.- Resilience through Violence Prevention in Schools.- Enhancing the Process of Resilience through Effective Thinking.- The Future of Children Today.
